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Blowing £60m on Harry Maguire would probably sum state of our transfer spending post Fergie.

Bailly, Smalling, Jones, Rojo and Lindelof are already on our books, with Bailly and Lindelof being £30m+ signings and yet there is a need to sign another CB? While we are happy with a 33yo Ashley Young at LB? Like what the feck?
 
Kush said:
Blowing £60m on Harry Maguire would probably sum state of our transfer spending post Fergie.

Bailly, Smalling, Jones, Rojo and Lindelof are already on our books, with Bailly and Lindelof being £30m+ signings and yet there is a need to sign another CB? While we are happy with a 33yo Ashley Young at LB? Like what the feck?
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The money would probably be better spent at LB or RW but are we really happy with our options at CB? I'm certainly not, I'd be happier if we'd been going for someone like Varane but that's a pipe dream. Jones, Rojo and Bailly have all been injured for long periods of time so are unreliable. Lindelof has had a year to bed in, next year he'll have to prove his worth. That just leaves us with Smalling who was ever present and I don't rate him particularly highly as it is.
 
Kush said:
Blowing £60m on Harry Maguire would probably sum state of our transfer spending post Fergie.

Bailly, Smalling, Jones, Rojo and Lindelof are already on our books, with Bailly and Lindelof being £30m+ signings and yet there is a need to sign another CB? While we are happy with a 33yo Ashley Young at LB? Like what the feck?
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It’d also be the third season in a row Mourinho has signed a CB. Really, really bizarre situation with the CBs.
 
I really don’t care either way though I do think his heading ability alone would be a big benefit in both boxes

However I wish people would stop suggesting lindelof and Bailly as a partnership! They couldn’t head a fecking ball even if one climbed on the others shoulders. Bailly is a bit better in that development but lindelof has much to do. We’d be hammered from set pieces and we’d probably see felliani more to compensate for them
 
Fred, Dalot and Maguire. If that’s all then it is worrying as there’s still massive holes in our squad. Good signings but we need more if we’re to progress this season.
 
Well he’d be up for it:

“Leicester have been unbelievable to me and I’m really happy there but I’m also an ambitious player and everyone wants to play at the top.”
 
golden_blunder said:
I really don’t care either way though I do think his heading ability alone would be a big benefit in both boxes

However I wish people would stop suggesting lindelof and Bailly as a partnership! They couldn’t head a fecking ball even if one climbed on the others shoulders. Bailly is a bit better in that development but lindelof has much to do. We’d be hammered from set pieces and we’d probably see felliani more to compensate for them
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Unfortunately we struggle with our delivery on set pieces. We’ve got a massive team yet no one can put in a decent cross
 
golden_blunder said:
I really don’t care either way though I do think his heading ability alone would be a big benefit in both boxes

However I wish people would stop suggesting lindelof and Bailly as a partnership! They couldn’t head a fecking ball even if one climbed on the others shoulders. Bailly is a bit better in that development but lindelof has much to do. We’d be hammered from set pieces and we’d probably see felliani more to compensate for them
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His heading is a real asset. To Smalling's credit he's also very good at it, having two players poor at heading starting together is really asking for trouble.
 
J_XO said:
Unfortunately we struggle with our delivery on set pieces. We’ve got a massive team yet no one can put in a decent cross
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Don't know how much he'll play but Pereira's a good set piece taker. It'd probably help if we had a consistent set piece taker to begin with, and stop letting Rashford take corners.
 
Smalling is a fixture in the XI literally because he's useful at heading the ball. I have no problem in us signing Maguire but feck me first clean up some of the mess at the back. Shipping out Rojo and Jones and bringing in Maguire would be fine but as of now they are all on our books and none of them have been linked with a move away. It is a problem with number of players we've signed, we struggle to move them on due to huge wage packets they are on. Depay, Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, Blind all took 1 year wages before being moved on, Darmian is still on our books as of now. We really need to manage our squad better because 3rd year into Mourinho's stint and it's still very unbalanced.

Although I really hope all of this is nonsense and we're trying Juve to reduce their price on Sandro.
 
Kush said:
Blowing £60m on Harry Maguire would probably sum state of our transfer spending post Fergie.

Bailly, Smalling, Jones, Rojo and Lindelof are already on our books, with Bailly and Lindelof being £30m+ signings and yet there is a need to sign another CB? While we are happy with a 33yo Ashley Young at LB? Like what the feck?
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It'd be £120m on CBs under Mourinho, which is pretty staggering.
 
golden_blunder said:
I really don’t care either way though I do think his heading ability alone would be a big benefit in both boxes

However I wish people would stop suggesting lindelof and Bailly as a partnership! They couldn’t head a fecking ball even if one climbed on the others shoulders. Bailly is a bit better in that development but lindelof has much to do. We’d be hammered from set pieces and we’d probably see felliani more to compensate for them
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I love Bailly but it's true :lol:
 
Raw said:
I'm all for signing him. Just don't want him to be the last bit of business we do this summer.
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Yeah my feelings too, it would be bitterly disappointed if it’s Maguire then we’re done. We’d have not addressed the major issues in the squad yet again.
 
It's not the player that bothers me it's two things, firstly the price, £60m really ?
For a bit more we could maybe get Godin, Varane, Koulibally, Thiago Silva or Hummels.
Secondly the need ? we have 5 senior CB's that despite their critics are 'OK' on the other hand we are desperate or better FB's, we simply don't have a RW, we lack creativity in midfield and could do with more all round fire power.
CB is not a priority.
 
Judas said:
Yeah my feelings too, it would be bitterly disappointed if it’s Maguire then we’re done. We’d have not addressed the major issues in the squad yet again.
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Certainly think the right wing is a necessity. Can't understand the inactivity here, unless the manager is going to utilize Mata more frequently, or promote Chong? Jose would never consider the latter at this stage, so it'll probably be Tony V from the RB position.
 
Kidders said:
It's not the player that bothers me it's two things, firstly the price, £60m really ?
For a bit more we could maybe get Godin, Varane, Koulibally, Thiago Silva or Hummels.
Secondly the need ? we have 5 senior CB's that despite their critics are 'OK' on the other hand we are desperate or better FB's, we simply don't have a RW, we lack creativity in midfield and could do with more all round fire power.
CB is not a priority.
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Realistically, we couldn't. Not to mention that Godin and Silva are 32 and 33 respectively.
 
If Jose really goes put and spends 60 million on Maguire, then we cannot say he has not been backed adequately by the board (After all, he chose to prioritize him over the LB/RW posiitions)That would be the 3rd CB he would have purchased after Bailly and Lindelof.

Bailly and Lindelof for the records were not selected for our 2nd most important game last season( FA Cup final vs Chelsea).

Most people will say we are not backed by oil money like City but is purchasing Maguire the decison of a man who knows what he is doing after he has failed in successfully integrating Bailly and Lindelof? I am terribly sad about how we have handled our businesses in recent years. The whole transfer structure/ strategy of our club is incoherent and disheveled.
 
Offside said:
Funny that Sir Alex Ferguson wanted him as a teenager, he won Hull Player of the Year before signing for Leicester where he then won Leicester Player of the Year before being one of England’s standout performers at their best World Cup arguably since 1966.

We’ve all got it wrong though. Someone should tell Fergie and then all those professionals who play with him every single week at Leicester that it’s just a few headers at the World Cup. He’s garbage, the Caf says so.
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Phil Jones will become the greatest player United ever had

EDIT - England won 3, lost 3, drew 1.
wins - Tunisia, Sweden, Panama
losses - Belgium (2), Croatia

The England team had very few special performers as it got by on beating 3rd and 4th tier teams, won less than half the matches and lost to anyone good. Harry Maguire had little competition TBH
 
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I think he's definitely an option. Managers normally have at least three, just encase the other options aren't available.

Based on rumours, I think our three options in the order of choice is:

Alderweireld
Bonucci
Maguire

The top two are very experienced players, which is what we need. Someone who can lead the back line and calm things down when we're under pressure.

Whilst Maguire is a good player, he hasn't the leadership skills of the other two players.

Either way, I'd be happy with one of the three, but would prefer Bonucci or Alderweireld.
 
Walters_19_MuFc said:
I think he's definitely an option. Managers normally have at least three, just encase the other options aren't available.

Based on rumours, I think our three options in the order of choice is:

Alderweireld
Bonucci
Maguire

The top two are very experienced players, which is what we need. Someone who can lead the back line and calm things down when we're under pressure.

Whilst Maguire is a good player, he hasn't the leadership skills of the other two players.

Either way, I'd be happy with one of the three, but would prefer Bonucci or Alderweireld.
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If we would get Sandro and start playing 5-3-2 Bonucci would be perfect and Alderweireld would be a good option too. Maguire is not good enough sorry.
 
Honestly don't think Maguire would improve us. Marginal improvement. He's around the level of Jones when fit, Smalling, Bailly when fit, but better then Rojo who is wank IMO and Lindelof I still just think is too soft for the prem. They can all be good defenders, but fitness being the main issue for most or on the ball for Smalling. I don't see him being the leading centerback in that group and someone to command the others, but more just the same but more reliable cause he stays fit (for now). I dont think Leicester is beneath him, just like I think all of ours would look very good at clubs like those too.

We'll see. But centerback for me is only worth it with actual top or potentially top class centerbacks. Not another one who is more or less around the same level, with only marginal improvements, despite spending 60m on him.
 
This guy is shit

Overhyped because he is English

If we pay 60m for him we are fecking stupid
 
It begs the question of why we didn't buy him last summer for a 3rd of the price instead of Lindelof, I mean he hasn't gotten better, what we saw for England is the same player that was at Hull. £65M for him just seems ludicrous, but if it happens I just hope it means 3 at the back as we have way too many CB's for a standard 2.
 
By November this year our two first choice full backs will be 33 and Smalling will be 29. They will have a 30 year old Matic in front of them and a 28 year old De Gea in goal. The idea that we desperately need more experience back there is a confusing one.
 
settembrini said:
By November this year our two first choice full backs will be 33 and Smalling will be 29. They will have a 30 year old Matic in front of them and a 28 year old De Gea in goal. The idea that we desperately need more experience back there is a confusing one.
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Smalling is dumb still making same
Mistake he did when we signed him
Experience only counts if you are smart enough to lean on it
 
The money it would take, really don't think he would improve us any significant amount. And tbh, we should be asking questions of Jose if he wants to sign a cb for the 3rd year running and not moving players on. We are a rich club but the squad is both bloated and unbalanced
 
Devil may care said:
It begs the question of why we didn't buy him last summer for a 3rd of the price instead of Lindelof, I mean he hasn't gotten better, what we saw for England is the same player that was at Hull. £65M for him just seems ludicrous, but if it happens I just hope it means 3 at the back as we have way too many CB's for a standard 2.
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It would've made a lot more sense to buy him then, we knew all about him because of how well he played in that span of 3 games we played against Hull. But £60m potentially more is a lot of money.
 
Bjorn said:
A decent world cup and all of a sudden this guy is our defensive hope. Dark times.
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This

I'd only be happy with Maguire as 1 of 2, say him and Alderweireld, if we got rid of Smalling & Rojo/Jones but of the getable centre backs Alderweireld would be the one.
 
People acting as if all he has on his CV is "had a few good games at the world cup." He's been great for Leicester all season, and continued that run of form in the world cup both defensively and attacking wise, with his ability to bring the ball out. I'd love him here.
 
I read on twitter he actually won a competition to play at the WC, he'd never even played a professional game before then. Amazing stuff, what a dream for the boy.
 
Bjorn said:
A decent world cup and all of a sudden this guy is our defensive hope. Dark times.
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All of a sudden? Why was Fergie scouting him 5 years ago? Are you saying he’s a crap footballer who had a decent World Cup by fluke or something. Did he win a competition to play there or was he not Leicester Player of the Year?
 
Zoo said:
Well he’d be up for it:

“Leicester have been unbelievable to me and I’m really happy there but I’m also an ambitious player and everyone wants to play at the top.”
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In which case, he'll need to sign for City.
 
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